A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BLUE AND WHITE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BLUE AND WHITE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS A LA REINE

MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED NICOLAS LONGE

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BLUE AND WHITE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
Mid-18th Century, stamped Nicolas Longe
Each shaped rectangular back headed by foliate clasps above a padded back, arms and seat covered in close-nailed blue floral silk within a molded seat frame, on flower-headed cabriole legs and foliate carved-feet, redecorated

Lot Essay

While the matrise of this little known menuisier is not recorded, an early Louis XV fauteuil by Longe was sold at Drouot, Paris, 12 October 1988 (see P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Franais du XVIIIeme Sicle, Paris, 1989, P. 535).